In This Issue: Barry
Named to 2014 President’s Community Service Honor Roll Proposal
Submission Deadline for Symposium Presentations is January 12 Call
for Community-Based Research Award Nominations Service-Learning
Fellowship Application Deadline is January 30 University
to Mark MLK Day of Service and 40 Days of Peace Community
Engagement Fair Set for January 21 Nursing
Faculty to Present at Prevention Teaching Meeting Successful
Food and Clothing Drive Newsletter
Publication Schedule |
Barry Named to 2014 President’s Community Service Honor Roll The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) last week named The President’s Honor
Roll recognizes higher education institutions whose community service efforts
achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. This distinction is the
highest federal recognition that colleges and universities can receive for
community service, service-learning, and civic engagement. Barry students
completed 25,650 hours of voluntary community service and 2,850
service-learning hours in 2013-2014. Major contributions to
Barry’s achievement were the Nursing students conducted health assessments
of more than 400 children of migrant farm workers and provided health
screenings to adults at six centers run by the Redlands Christian Migrant
Association in Florida City and Homestead, Fla. Additionally, the students
made health education presentations in English, Spanish, and Creole on topics
geared to the needs of low-income families in southern Miami-Dade County.
Topics included smoking cessation, combating child obesity, nutrition, and
flu prevention. The Yucatan Crippled Children’s Project has
dramatically changed lives through surgical and other essential medical
treatment that enable children in Since 2008, the Carnival Arts program has
enabled more than 1,000 youth living in crisis to build self-esteem through
culturally relevant forms of artistic expression while developing positive
relationships with students and local artists and helping to preserve art
that is culturally significant to the local community. Barry students and
local master artists collaborate with the youth on dancing, drumming, and
mask-making projects inspired by the traditional carnival arts of the
Caribbean and CNCS listed 766 higher education institutions on the President’s Honor
Roll. |
Proposal
Submission Deadline for Symposium Presentations is January 12 The proposal submission
deadline for Barry’s second annual Community Engagement Symposium is Monday,
January 12. Proposals may be
submitted by faculty, staff, students, and community partners for concurrent
presentations during two sessions of the symposium. Relevant topics include
service-learning, civic engagement, community-based research, community-focused
fieldwork/internships, community-engaged scholarship, and community
partnerships. Session formats are: 45-minute oral presentation, panel
discussion, roundtable, and poster presentation. Additional information
is available in the Community Engagement Management System, or CEMS, via the CCSI homepageand from Dr. Glenn Bowen, director of the CCSI, at gbowen@barry.edu. |
Call
for Community-Based Research Award Nominations Community-Based Research
and Engaged Scholarship are among seven categories of Barry’s Community
Engagement Awards. The Community-Based
Research (CBR) Award is presented to research teams – composed of students,
faculty/staff members, and community partners – for conducting rigorous
research that addresses community concerns, issues, or needs. During the
inaugural year, the award went to two lead researchers. Dr. Gerene Starratt,
an associate professor in the The Engaged Scholarship
Award recognizes faculty members for significant scholarly work across the
faculty roles of teaching, research, and service – including related
publications and presentations – that addresses community issues. No award was presented in this
category last academic year. The second annual
Community Engagement Awards Luncheon will be held on Thursday, March 26,
2015. The event will coincide with the Community Engagement Symposium. The deadline
to submit nominations/applications for awards is Friday, January 30. Additional information
is available in CEMS—the Community Engagement Management System via the CCSI homepage. |
Service-Learning
Fellowship Application Deadline is January 30 The Center for Community
Service Initiatives (CCSI) invites faculty members to apply for service-learning
fellowships by the January 30 deadline. Two fellowships will be
available for the 2015–2016 academic year. Through the fellowships, successful
applicants participate in a yearlong faculty development program focused on
service-learning pedagogy, practice, and associated scholarship. Each
service-learning fellow gets a course release to serve as a workshop
coordinator/instructor, faculty mentor, and engaged scholar. For further information
and to apply, contact the CCSI. |
University
to Mark MLK Day of Service and 40 Days of Peace The three-hour service projects,
planned in collaboration with community partners, are designed to build
awareness about South Florida’s civil rights history and will address social
issues such as urban poverty, veterans affairs, homelessness, food
insecurity, youth development, and immigration. Dr. Victor Romano, associate
professor of sociology, will give an address on the MLK Day theme, “Beloved Community,”
before the 9:30 a.m. start of the day’s projects. Following the service projects,
participants will return to the university’s Volunteers will be asked to sign a
peace pledge and commit to participating in a 40 Days of Peace observance
beginning January 19, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The observance
will include a civil rights film festival, social media awareness campaign,
and community conversations focused on prejudice and discrimination. Barry’s Center for Community Service
Initiatives, or CCSI, is coordinating the service projects and 40 Day of
Peace in partnership with the Center for Student Involvement, the Department
of Campus Ministry, and the Veteran Student Organization. Service for Peace, with support from
the Corporation for National and Community Service, has provided a grant
toward the events. Day of Service volunteers will register
through Barry’s Community
Engagement Management System (CEMS), beginning January 9. For
further information, contact Courtney Berrien, associate director of the
CCSI, at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017. |
Community
Engagement Fair Set for January 21 The spring Community Engagement Fair will be held on January 21. Community partners
will participate in a showcase of their programs, services,
and opportunities in the Andreas
Courtyard from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Faculty members are invited
to take their classes to meet community partners and discuss opportunities
for service-learning, community-based research, and internships. |
Nursing
Faculty to Present at Prevention Teaching Meeting Three faculty members
of the “Incorporating Prevention
and Population Health in a Community/Public Health Undergraduate Nursing
Course through Service-Learning Activities” is the title of the presentation
by Dr. Paula Delpech, Dr. Mureen Shaw, and Daryl Hawkins. The theme of the March
15–17 meeting is “Teaching Prevention 2015: Connect. Motivate. Educate.
Transform.” |
Successful
Food and The recent campus-wide
Food and St. Rose of The Department of
Campus Ministry in the Division of Student Affairs, the Women’s Softball
Team, the Men’s Basketball Team, and the CCSI organized the drive as a Hunger
and Homelessness Awareness Month project. According to Women’s
Softball Coach Danielle Penner, more food and clothing items were collected
during this drive than any she had been involved with previously. |
Newsletter
Publication Schedule This will be the final
issue of the CCSI Newsletter for the fall semester. The next issue will be
published at the start of the spring 2015 semester, on January 5. |
CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : December 15, 2014
